We really liked the F22 as well and could see how it could easily be a great surf boat. Loved the dealer experience but it was a haul to the dealer from our house. so all things considered we stuck with Nautique. Sometimes familiarity wins out too.

If you really want to surf a lot I would price the boat with dealer plumbed rear 750# or so sacks. It will be a bigger upgrade cost than doing plug and play on some of the other boats because you will have to add pumps and switches but as you know the price starts out way, way less.

You should be able to surf just about any inboard. I have personally surfed many direct drive ski boats from 1990-2011. Some even on skim style boards. Its all about technique. Once you can surf a small direct drive wake all other wakes are cake!

Some of these threads are interesting to read because I feel like the average person in all reality won't know the difference between a boat with 1800# of stock ballast or additional ballast. Most of our customers want something that is easy, fast, and works with few problems and hick-ups. The MB F22 will surf just as good as any other big 3 boat on the market. For a $65k boat compared to $130+ you will have just as much fun on an MB with a good wake for a lot less money.

One thing I think MB is missing out on is a surf device. And the reason for that is marketing. A lot of customers looking at buying new boats are asking about ballast and surf devices. I think a few other brands have a leg up on MB because of this, but the MB boats surf on both sides without a ton of weight bc the hull design and boats just work. There is really no need to bolt all these trim tabs and gates on the back. I have ridden the new Axis 24 with surf gate and the upgraded plug and play. I think a first look watching the wave change back and forth is way cool. Behind the boat on the wave i feel like the shape is a little more mellow. I am used to a more steep wake. Here is a pic though.

Lastly, as some of you have seen, MB does have something in the works that will create delayed convergence and work similar to surf gate etc. Also, next year the ballast in all the boats get upgraded to larger tanks and will include more area for bow weight.

I'm surprised at the responses here. I would say it will absolutely surf both sides with stock weight. I've seen it myself but we also had 4 people in the boat. In fact I would imagine MB has one of the best stock surf wakes(besides the G series and ASR maybe) due the amount of stock ballast. Most manufactures only have around 200-300lbs on each side in their BASE stock ballast packages.